Name Sebastian Cardona Current team Atletico Nacional Years Team Weight 76 kg | Number 24 Height 1.78 m Playing position Role Footballer Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Sebastian Perez Cardona Date of birth (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 22) Similar People Oscar Murillo, Alexis Henriquez, Francisco Najera, Franco Armani, Orlando Berrio | ||
Place of birth Envigado, Colombia | ||
Sebastian perez cardona atletico nacional spielaufbau
Sebastian Pérez Cardona (born 29 March 1993) is a Colombian association football midfielder who plays for Boca Juniors in the Argentine Primera División.
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- Sebastian perez cardona atletico nacional spielaufbau
- Atltico Nacional
- Boca Juniors
- Youth
- Senior
- International goals
- Style of play
- Club
- International
- References
He is known for his abilities to react quickly and his skills playing both in a defensive and an attacking role. He is often referenced as a highly rated top prospect in Colombia.
Atlético Nacional
On 4 March 2011, Perez made his official debut for Nacional against Atlético Junior replacing Macnelly Torres in the 86th minute. Perez would eventually win the 2011 Torneo Apertura with Los Verdolagas making him the youngest player to win the honour at age 18. The following year, he was part of the Nacional squad that won both the Copa Colombia and the Superliga Colombiana, thus winning every top tier trophy in Colombia before age 20.
Following Colombia's exit from the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he was invited to Arsenal for a trial in August. He came on as a sub in the 67th minute for Arsenal's friendly against Manchester City wearing the number 32 jersey. Arsenal went on to win the game 3–1. Despite only playing for 26 minutes, Perez was praised for his natural abilities despite being so young. Arsene Wenger stated that he was impressed with Perez during the week trial and decided to add him in the game. Despite impressing both the London club and its fans, Perez was unable to get a work-permit because 'he had yet to play at least 75% of Colombia's international matches'. Thus, he was sent back to Nacional. Despite this, Wenger claimed that he would continue monitoring Perez until an opportunity to sign him comes.
Boca Juniors
In 2016, Perez signed with Argentinian club Boca Juniors.
Youth
Pérez first represented the U20 Colombian National team in 2011 where he took part in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup that took place in his home land. He was then recalled for the 2013 South American Youth Championship where Colombia eventually won the championship and qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. There, Perez would give impressive performances, attracting the likes of top European teams.
Senior
Pérez received his first call-up from the senior Colombian national team under the order of José Pékerman to face Bolivia and Ecuador for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. He made his first cap against Bolivia being included in the initial eleven and played 62 minutes before being replaced by Edwin Cardona. Colombia went on to win in La Paz 2–3. His first international goal came the next qualifying game against Ecuador in Barranquilla. Assisted by Cardona, Pérez scored a pretty, acrobatic goal, in a match that ended 3–1.
International goals
Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.Style of play
Perez was an amateur footballer before joining Nacional in 2011, and yet was considered to be a 'pure natural talent' by the Colombian club. Often, Perez is a well-known versatile player mostly because of his equal footing levels with both left and right feet, as well as carrying 'panoramic vision' as shown through his countering attacking with very accurate passing. Despite committing to a defensive midfielder most of the time, Perez has shown that he is capable of shooting on-target goals from great distances. Perez is often regarded very high by many top teams such as Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain because of his potential, led to being almost being signed by each respective club at one point.
Perez also spoke that committing to a defensive midfielder (as well as an overall midfielder in general) role throughout most of his games, was because of his admiration for Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Andrea Pirlo, that inspired him to make a difference in both defending and attacking. One of the reasons why Perez is often seen as a crucial player in counter-attacking.
Club
As of 4 June 2016Club
Atlético Nacional